Welp. Bedroom TV is dying.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

Might have fixed the TV? God knows how long that'll last though

By fixed I mean I swapped out the plug converter (Cyprus is in the EU so everything comes with EU plugs but all the outlets are UK style) and also swapped it to a different spot on the power strip

Can specific plugs on power strips fail?

[h5e@tech.lgbt]

@rotopenguin @eniko hdmi drm has not been an issue on this particular one nor have I heard it mention in the few reviews of multiple devices that I have watched, so I don’t know about “seldom”, but China being China I could see that happen.

[max@manmachine.me]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place oh most certainly they can

[megmac@social.treehouse.systems]

@eniko sadly, instead of that, they'll probably just push more of them to the cloud.

[bruce@darkmoon.social]

@eniko
Yes, individual outlets on power strips can fail. If that happens, you should replace the power strip. IMO

[rotopenguin@mastodon.social]

@eniko are there burn spots on the plug tongs? The socket could be loosy-goosey with its contacts.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@eniko Yes. Also catch fire.

[stomata@procial.tchncs.de]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place What about a monitor and a mini PC running linux

[snowfox@tech.lgbt]

@eniko Yup. I have a brand new one where plugs seem to come loose easily (the other sockets seem better), and wall sockets can fail too.

It might be worth getting a suitable (French/German?) power strip and swapping the plug for a UK plug, instead of having adapters on each plug.

[anachronistjohn@zia.io]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Yes.

While melting your outlets should be quite rare, sometimes the contacts in a given outlet will loosen over time and/or oxidize, so it's not all that uncommon for specific plugs / outlets to fail.